7th Ward candidates target safety, property maintenance and jobs

5:08 AM,
Oct. 30, 2013

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Incumbent Carol Floyd sees safety staffing and property maintenance as the most important issues in her bid to keep her 7th Ward seat on the Newark City Council, while challenger Beau Bromberg identifies attracting jobs as a means to return the city to greatness.

Bromberg, 44, a Republican, said Newark previously led the nation in manufacturing stoves and fiberglass products and should sell its strengths - manpower, space and training facilities - to attract new businesses and industries.

"That should be an easy sell," he said. "Let us make you No. 1. We've done it before and we can do it ...